The tempted brain eats: pleasure and desire circuits in obesity and eating disorders.

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Brain Research

• Publication date

  2010-09-02

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.04.003PMID 20388498PMCID PMC2913163
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